Improvement in breech-loading fire-arms



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Breach-Loading Fire-Arm.

Vlatented Oct. 29, 1867 N 70,264. o BEST AVAILABLE COPY 2. Sheets-Sheet 2, S. S REMBERT.

Breach-Loading Fire-Arm.-

Patented Oct. 29,l 1867.

N4 FI'ERS. PHOTO'LITHDGR @uiten `tatrsv @straf ffiu S. S. REMBERT, OF' MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. Laim 'Patent No. 70,264, and come 29, 18er.

IMrnovnMENr In Bannon-LOADING rinsfians'.

TO ALL VWHOM IT MAY CONCERN: y

Be it known that L S. S. REMBERT, of Memphis, in the county loi' Shelby, and State oi' Tennessee,t have invented a new and useful Improvement in Breach-Loading Fire-Arms and Cartridge; and I do hereby declare I that the following is a full, clear, 4and exact description thereof, Awhich will enable others skilled in the` art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of-this specification.

This invention consists in various improvements which I have made in the vbreech-loading gun, especially in the manner ofmoving and holding the barrrel, thc construction ofthe cartridge, and 4in extracting the same from the barrel, as will be hereinafter described.

Fi'gurol represents a longitudinal vertical section of thcgun, Ithrough the line z :ci of iig. 3, with the guard closed.

Figure 2 is a side view, partly in section, showing the guard open or drawn back, Figure 3 is a plan or top View, through the line z e of'g. 2. Figure 4 is a. vertical cross-section of iig. 2, at the linerr at. Figure 5 is tr vertical cross-section, at y y of iig. 2. Figure 6 shows au outside view of the cartridge. v -Figure 7 is a longitudinal section of the barrel, showing the cartridge in place, it being through the line w w-of iig',4 8.

Figure 8.is a vertical cross-section of iig. 7, through the line v v. Figure is a cross-section ofthe cartridge-ease.

Figure 10 shows the nipple-wire, with the percussion-caps attached.

Figure 11 shows an end view of the nipple-wire; i

Figure -12 shows a side view ofthe nipple-wire, with one cap taken oli'.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

A represents the breech-piece of the barrels. It passes through `the abutment, as seen in gl, and its form in cross-section is plainly seen in Hg. 5. It has recesses in it, as .seen 'in the top view, tig. 3, at a a. B is 'a double key or wedge,fwhich is thrown up by the leverguard,and which enters the recesses a a when the barrels are drawn back, as seen in iig. 1. Cis a bar, attached to the under side of the barrels, extending back into the breech, where it is attached to one end of the connecting-rod D. The rod D is attached to the inner end of the lever-guard E, there being ajoint at both connections. The lever-guard'E is attached to the lower breech-V strapF 'at b, the upper portion being the short end of the lever. b is the fulcrum; c is a small pin which passes through the short end of the lever; and oi is a `spring which is attached to the strap F at its l,back end. This spring is double or split, so that'it passes on each side oi the lever, and bears upon the pin, producing the necessary friction, and assisting the guard in closing.

The outerend of the lever-guard is made something in the form ofa T, with a catch upon the top ofthe T', which is marked e in the drawing, gs. 1 and 2. i

The double key B has a shank which extends down through the breech-strap F, with a notch in it; f is a double spring, attached tothe upper side of the strap F, which bears against the double key B with a constant pressure. This spring crowds the notch 'of the key-shank into the catch on the lever, and also Aallows the catch toslip out of the notch when the lever is drawn back.

4 There is a spring-catch, g, attached to the under side of the breech-strap, which holds the lever-guard in place when closed, as .seen in iig, 1.

vThe upper breech-strap G turns down at .the breech of the barrels, and the vertical portion 7a forms the 'abutment which receives the reaction of the charge. .The double `key B works in Contact with the abutment, up and dowen on the opposite side, its-duty being to hold the barrels rmly in contact withthe abutment. From the base of this abutment the strap Gr extends forward, forming abed and guide upon which the barrel slides back and forth.' The vbarrels areheld to thestock by akey, which works through aslot on the bottom of the barrel, as seen at Z. i

p J represents the cartridge-case, Vwhich is of peculiar construction. A hole passes directly through it, near its base, in Iwhich the percussion-caps are placed- These caps are attached to the ends of a piece of wire, i,

' which has small longitudinal channels on its sides, an end view of which is seen in fig. 1, (scale enlarged.) -A

side view of the same is also seen at fig. 12, with one cap attached. The pieces of wire or nipples thus formed, with a percussion-cap attached to each end, are placed in the holes through the case, as seen in figs. 7 and 8, and also infg. 10. Itis not deemed indispensable that two percussion-caps should be placed upon the nipplewir'e one cap may answer the purpose. 4

-The base or butt lotthe case lis made thick aud strong, and on opposite sides there are holes extending into Y Y the butt, by which means thecartridgc-case can be withdrawn from the barrel, when'the bai-relis thrown forward for reloading. Extending into the cartridge-chamber a. short distance, as seen in figs. 2 and 4, there will be seen sharp points, which enter the holes in the cartridge, as seen in iig. 4. These points are the ends of l screws, which passinto the chamber from below, as seen in the drawing at m m. v v

Where the nipple is usually placed in ordinary guns, (through the barrel,) there is a tube through which passes a -percussion-pin, n. The end of this pin rests a little above the percussion-cap' when the gun is loaded.

AIt has a head on its lower end whichsets in a recess on the inside of the chamber of the barrel.

Over the outer end of the pin there is a.l cap, o, (enlarged in the drawing,) which is drilled from its under side to admit the pin n, -and the two are held'together when in place by a small screw, as seen in' iig. 7. t Thel same time, the' littlechannels in thenipplefwire 1' will convey lire from one to the other, 'as well as to the powder.

lower end4v o f the cap o is recessed for the admissionl of a small spiral spring, `which bears upon the top of the barrel, and upon the upper part of the recess in the cap. This spring lifts the spring a little from the cap, so l that the .hammer o f.,the gun-lecl\r, as itv strikes upon the cap o, gives amore forcible blow upon the percussioncap, Athus insuring the' explosion of they cap. This cap o, and percussion-pin n, eilectually confine the fire and gas to the chamber of the barrel, and, what is more important, the eye of the marksmaulis effectually protected from injury from exploded'percussion-caps. If the blow from the hammer does not explode both capsat. the

After the gun is discharged,- and the barrels are thrown forward for reloading, the exploded cartridge or case will be retained bythe point ofthe screw m, as before' stated, and is easily removed by a slight jerk of the guri.

It will thus be seen that thesame movementl of the lever-guard, which throws the barrels forward, withdraws the cartridge, and that, by the opposite movement of the guard,l the barrels are-locked to the'abutmcnt in the most secure manner. l This arrangement is more particularly intended for double-barrelled shot-guns, or single shot-barrel and a rifle-barrel but it is readily. adapted to single-barrelled guns, and is easily applied `to the -ordinary nozzle-holder.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim asV new, audvdesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A1. I claim the breech-piece A, constructed with recesses a a, which pass through the abutment substantially as described for the purposes speciied. l

2. I claiin the. double key B, operated substantially as described, toA hold the barrels to the abutment, as described. Q' i l 4 3. The pointed screws'm, passing through the stock into the cartridge-chamber, whereby the cartridge-shell is held in'pla'ce when the barrels areth'rown forward, as herein shown and described. A

4. The combination and arrangement of the breech-piece A, double key B, b'ar C, rod D, and lever E, sublstan'tially as described for the purpose specied. v

5. The T end of the lever E, having catch e, in combination with the notched bar of the double key B, and spring g, substantially as described for the purpose specified. l l l l S. S. REMBERT.

Witnesses: v

JOHN P. TnuzuvANfr, 

